I love LJ, but the page seems formatted for 1024×768 monitors. On my 1920×1080 monitor there’s a lot of wasted space on the left and right sides. It’s not 1995 any more, and I think the majority of users have decent monitors, so I think a wider page (or at least the option to use a wider page) would be a welcome addition.

The main issue is when adding pics to blog or forum posts. The pics have to be abysmally small or they get cut off.

my old monitor doesn’t even go to 1920×1080 ,I gather there are still a few of us with dated computers/monitors.This is a good reason to justify the upgrade,I’ll stat with a monitor though,my computer is more than adequate for my use and has been working flawlessly for years.

While many computer monitors have higher resolutions, the 1024 width is still common on many of the 7 inch tablets (such as Kindle Fire) and a great many of the computers users I see are still using 1024 width even if the monitor is capable of wider resolution. Given the growth of small tablet and smartphone users, I don’t think it would be a good idea to put the site at a wider fixed width. However frustrating it might be to have unused space on the sides, having to scroll left and right to read the site would be much worse.

What is possible though would be to code the site to use whatever width display the user has available, with some reasonable minimum (such as 1024). Many sites do this, and they are a much more pleasant experience for everyone.